Well, now we know that Bush could have sped up production of the armor a long time ago, but waited until he was publicly embarrassed to do it. How many our service members died because Bush refused to address this problem a good year ago when it first was raised? And I'll also blame the media. Where was their outcry on this issue before? Sure, they wrote about it like once. Then ignored it, even when Kerry brought it up. The blood is on their hands as well. How many issues like this is the media aware of, yet not saying boo about it?
U.S. military commanders in Iraq, where bombings pose the deadliest threat to their soldiers, have welcomed news the Pentagon wants to speed up production of upgraded armored Humvees, a military spokesmen said Saturday.